Green hydrogen facility to decarbonize heavy-duty on-road and off-road transportation
NovoHydrogen (“Novo”) is partnering with an industrial customer to supply green hydrogen for decarbonizing off-road heavy-duty transportation in Baker County, OR. The project will also serve heavy duty fleets from a convenient refueling location along I-84 that will connect to additional Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub (“PNWH2”) refueling throughout the broader region.
Novo will own and operate a green hydrogen production facility at an industrial customer’s operations in Eastern Oregon. The Express Ranch project was included as part of the PNWH2, which was selected for funding through the Department of Energy’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program (“H2Hubs”). Express Ranch is known as Node 5 of the PNWH2. The project involves installing ~4MW of electrolyzers to support ~864 kg/day of green hydrogen. Under a long-term hydrogen purchase agreement, an industrial customer will use the green hydrogen to decarbonize its fleet operations. Novo will also develop an open access green hydrogen refueling station along I-84 as part of a broader open access refueling station network to supply green hydrogen for decarbonizing trucking fleets along the route, for which we are currently securing offtake.
Novo is originating additional offtake for I-84 open access refueling station capacity. Please reach out to expressranch@novohydrogen.com to discuss your refueling needs.
Baker County, OR
Hydrogen production facility at industrial facility in Eastern Oregon along with an open access refueling station to service fleets along I-84 and I-5 refueling network
~864 kg/day with up to 750 kg/day available for open access station refueling
Grid-sourced clean electricity that qualifies our green hydrogen for the Section 45V production tax credit
The Express Ranch project was included as part of the PNWH2, which was selected for funding through the Department of Energy’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program (“H2Hubs”) and signed a subrecipient agreement with the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub. A portion of offtake is under an executed HPA for off-road heavy-duty transportation.
2028
Sources of clean power:
Clean Electricity – Grid Power and EACs
Selected electrolyzer technology:
Up to 3.6 MW of electrolyzers
Compression: Hydrogen will be compressed for storage
Storage: Hydrogen will be stored in above ground cylinders/silos
The project will include two clean hydrogen refueling stations: one for private use and one for open access use along 1-84
The site will use hydrogen fuel to replace diesel for heavy-duty haul trucks and supply additional trucking fleets with an open access hydrogen refueling station.
Sources of clean power: Solar, up to 400 MW / 2,000+ acres
Selected electrolyzer technology:
300 MW of electrolyzers
Hydrogen will be compressed utilizing compressors
Hydrogen will be stored in above ground cylinders / silos
The site will deliver ~35 metric tons per day of green hydrogen to customers
The project will reduce over 2,000 metric tons CO2 per year and improve local air quality by replacing diesel fuel with hydrogen in heavy-duty haul trucks and other heavy-duty fleets that use the public refueling station.
The project will create jobs for the surrounding community from the necessary construction of the plant and long-term operations. Novo will be implementing a Project Labor Agreement and ensuring prevailing wage rates are met.
Novo will include an open access clean Hydrogen Refueling Station along I-84 designated as an FHWA alternative fueling coordinator. This will weave into the broader hydrogen refueling network for convenience and sustainability.
The Novo team has begun engagement with academic institutions, public officials, environmental groups, labor unions, and other community engagement organizations to provide full transparency for the project to ensure it benefits the community. Node 5 has engaged the Baker County Commissioner Chair, the Eastern Oregon Workforce Board, the Baker County Chamber of Commerce, and the OR Office of Workforce Investments to introduce the project and discuss the preliminary activities of Phase 1. The Project will soon be engaging the several state and regional colleges and labor unions to support local workforce development and aims to execute a Project Labor Agreement in the later development phases.
NovoHydrogen is a full-service green hydrogen project developer that originates, develops, constructs, finances, owns, and operates green hydrogen projects throughout North America. NovoHydrogen’s vision is green hydrogen where it is needed most. We focus on the tough-to-decarbonize industrial, transportation, and power sectors through green hydrogen where it is the best solution for our customers.
We are led by the conviction that green hydrogen is a key piece of the decarbonization puzzle. This drives our passion for our work. We leverage our deep energy sector knowledge and experience deploying successful innovative energy transition technologies. Our extensive learnings from across the energy sector include developing solar, wind, transmission, and battery storage assets and midstream and upstream oil & gas operations. This track record has given us real project experience that customers can trust.
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